He's a three-time NBA champion with a NBA Finals MVP, a 13-time NBA All-Star, a seven-time All-NBA member, three-time All-Defensive team members, and has one NBA scoring title for good measure. Warriors fans booed then-new owner Joe Lacob on Chris Mullin Night because he gave the team to Steph after trading fan favorite Monta Ellis for Andrew Bogut. 1. 73: Parker: 837.4 No. To me, that’s absolutely silly for a guy who still managed to win just as many or more titles than Bird, LeBron, Wilt, Magic, and Shaq. —ZF, The NBA’s all time leading scorer and inventor of the most lethal shot in Association history, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar skyhook-ed his way to 38,387 career points. Nor we’re they expected to rip down double-digit boards on a nightly basis. He had issues with his ankles early in his career forcing us to wait to see the greatness that we caught glimpses of during his time in college at Davidson. Thomas was a diabolical general who was able to score whenever he wanted and put his team on his back to will them to victory. We’re not just talking about the basic stats like points per game (+4.2), assists per game (+1.0), rebounds per game (+1.5). Top 10 Best NBA players of Al Time. Michael Jordan. Hakeem was not only the MVP for both of those NBA Finals appearances, but he also took home a league MVP in 1994, appeared in 12 All-Star games, and leads the NBA's all time leader in blocks with 3,830. You could quibble about Hakeem only winning his two NBA titles while Michael Jordan was retired, but if you do, you don't understand how hard it is to win a championship. Even more impressive for the context of Hakeem's career is that he did all of this while big men ran the NBA (outside of Michael Jordan). ESPN recently deliberated as to who is the ultimate king of the court. He has the full offensive package with no weaknesses. If you've ever asked, "Who's the greatest basketball player of all time? Undoubtedly recognized as one of the best NBA players of all-time, Magic Johnson had a phenomenal career, which many still remember long after he has left the basketball scene. We know what he brings to the table offensively as one of the greatest floor generals ever to play so I don’t think we need to harp on that. It’s time to give Chris Paul his flowers. The No.1 overall pick in the 1958 NBA Draft, the Rookie of the Year in 1959, an 11-time All-Star, and an astounding 10-time First-Team All-NBA selection, Baylor more than lived up to the hype when he entered the league and left it averaging 27.4 points and 13.5 rebounds per game. Because of Chamberlain’s domination, the league widened the lane, outlawed players rebounding missed free throws before the ball touched the rim, changed the definition of offensive goaltending, and forbade inbounds passes over the basket because it was an automatic alley-oop to Wilt every single time. O’Neal was physically and statistically unlike any center the NBA has seen. The three-time MVP and 1983 Finals MVP was a 13-time All-Star, eight-time All-NBA selection, and a rebounding machine practically unrivaled during the 70s and 80s. Not the most shocking list of players, if we are being perfectly honest. He had to get famous. Bird’s been supplanted by someone else on that mythical list, but the Hick from French Lick is forever a Legend. It also provides Biography links followed by an RSS feed with the most up-to-date information of the NBA to date. —AC, As someone who personally has LeBron James as No. 50. **UPDATED LIST**1. ), yet I feel like he’s been underappreciated because of all those years carrying mid teams on his back in Minnesota. Well, besides the fact that Nash’s MVP seasons were controversial, if you compare Nash’s MVP seasons to Paul’s best years, you’ll see that CP3 actually put up better numbers those years. He’s dominated on both sides of the ball his entire career. Probably agreed with half of it, but was so respectful he wouldn’t say anything until later.” After hashing things out, Pop often let Duncan have his way. 23 Top 10 Best NBA Players Of All Time Kareem Abdul Jabbar On the list tenth place is Kareem. He dropped over 30,000 points in his career, won a NBA MVP award, made 14 All-Star appearances, and racked up countless other honors over his career. No guard has ever dominated the league like he did, which helps his case when you see him on the top of everyone’s list. But one of the greatest guards ever made the All-Star team each of his 14 seasons in Los Angeles, made 12 All-NBA squads, and was a five-time All-Defense selection. Ranked by votes from thousands of fans, this list features the all time NBA GOATs, including There was no way the greatest basketball squad ever assembled could leave off the greatest small forward the game had ever known at that point. The Michael Jordan vs. LeBron James debate will never cease, but the fact that LeBron has already made it to this level is pretty damn amazing. 1 spot on this list when his career is over. Barkley couldn’t be stopped offensively either, beating out Jordan for the ‘93 MVP and taking his new team the Suns to the Finals where he lost to Jordan’s Bulls in six. The list goes on, but Iverson's cultural impact on the current, and even future, generation of NBA players are more meaningful than his numbers on the court. But if you hold being a third or fourth option in the Spurs system against him, you also have to consider the other side—what if he got the keys to a team earlier than he did? He and Larry Bird literally saved the league in the 80s and while they couldn't have been more different stylistically there's no argument whose influence on the game of basketball was greater. We're cool with what we came up with knowing the next time we update it Kevin Durant could sneak into the top 10. If he gets drafted by the Spurs, KG would have had more than just one ring to his name. LeBron James has called him the pound-for-pound best ever. Pippen is inarguably one of the greatest defenders in NBA history having made 10 All-Defensive squads (8 First-Team selections) during his 17-year career and regularly stifled the opposition’s best player like it was nothing. Others argued it should be about the numbers and that awards don’t always end up belonging to the most deserved individual. He was truly a one of a kind and easily one of the most entertaining players—on and off-the-court—that the NBA has ever seen. Ranking the top 10 best NBA players always brings a lot of debate among the fans of most of the great players. Pettit was also the first player to ever be named NBA MVP, an … Tim Duncan, the best rebounder the game’s seen since Moses Malone and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, finished 9,000 boards behind Chamberlain despite playing five more seasons than the legendary lothario. COMPLEX participates in various affiliate marketing programs, which means COMPLEX gets paid commissions on purchases made through our links to retailer sites. All other big man bow down to The Captain. Now just look at the NBA today. This man won three in a row, left to play baseball, then came back to win three in a row again, and then he came back one more time and was one of the oldest players to average 20 PPG and to score 40-plus in a game. From the first dribble he took in an NBA game up until now, he's done nothing but live up to the massive hype that was placed on his shoulders coming out of high school in Akron, Ohio. Maybe we have Robinson too low, but when you get to this point, and you're comparing ultra great players to ultra great players, it's basically like splitting hairs. 10. The 50 Greatest NBA Players of All Time. While Kareem put up a whopping 38,387 points during his playing days, I can’t look past the fact that he spent a good chunk of his career receiving passes from Oscar Robertson and Magic Johnson, the two greatest point guards of all time. As each individual involved in this incredibly difficult and necessary endeavor lobbied for the player they thought deserved proper billing, we quickly realized it was going to be hellacious coming to a consensus. This list is always due for massive debate especially at the top. The greatest player of all time. Also, his career totals were inflated by the fact that he played roughly 10,000 years in the NBA… —ZF, If you’re wondering why we have the diminutive point guard who played all 19 seasons of his storied career with the Jazz on this list, I have to seriously question your basketball IQ. —ZO, Hakeem "The Dream" Olajuwon's inclusion in this part of the list needs no real explanation. And nobody on this list comes close to what Russell has done on. —AD, To me, Kevin Durant is the most skilled offensive player ever to play the game. I have included YouTube videos to showcase the players' skills. The debate could have lasted until July 30, when the NBA finally returns to bless us with games again. His college career is practically unmatched, but since we’re talking professional basketball here know that he was the only player other than Wilt Chamberlain and Bill Russell to win an MVP between 1960 and 68. oreillf7 Newbie. He was a swimmer and didn’t start playing basketball until later as a teen. And while he will forever live in the shadow of MJ, real ones know Jordan doesn’t ascend to Zeus status without Pippen doing all the dirty work and turning out to be the perfect complementary player. The moments he delivered in South Beach will live in basketball infamy. He averaged 24.2 PPG, 8.5 RPG, 4.2 APG, 2.0 SPG, and 1.7 BPG. He helped revolutionize the power forward position even more so than Tim Duncan did (he’s a center! All 10 coaches named were alive at the time of the list's announcement, and five of … 4 overall and for good reason. —AD, The Big Ticket is one of those players where the “rings” convo holds little to no weight. A Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame inductee in 2001, Julius Erving introduced his former teammate before Malone’s enshrinement speech and Dr. J joked with the audience that evening, “Just think about the sound of that name. Dominant seems like the only adjective to describe Shaq’s career. He earned just about every individual honor a superstar can earn, most especially six MVPs (one more than Russell and Jordan) and he’s still the only player in league history to win an MVP despite his team not making the playoffs. 6-time NBA champion and 6-time MVP, a 14-time All-Star and 10-time scoring leader, the man was a machine of the game.Some of his records include his career points per game average, which sits at 30.1, and most NBA Finals MVP awards. Our editorial content is not influenced by any commissions we receive. But as great as he was in the regular-season, West shined in the playoffs. He was overshadowed by Duncan, whose numbers are slightly better, but Garnett was by far the more fun player to watch. Magic made the game fun—that's what made Magic so special as a player. Bill Russell might have more titles, Wilt Chamberlain might have all those untouchable records, but Abdul-Jabbar was offensively skilled in ways Russell never was and retired as the league leader in nine statistical categories thanks to an impressive staying power Chamberlain couldn't match. If you look at PER, CP3 is at 25.1 while Nash is at 20.0. Some will love the rankings, others will loathe them. You think Kawhi Leonard doesn’t talk much," Popovich said. That’s a pretty large gap for a two-time MVP. But you can only dominate the competition in front of you and the NBA did its best to reign in The Big Dipper when opponents couldn't. But never forget what the GOAT, Michael Jeffrey Jordan, told us in the documentary: “Everybody said I won all these championships, but I didn’t win without Scottie Pippen and that’s why I considered him my best teammate of all time.” If ya don’t know, now ya knowwwww….Pippen’s numbers will likely never wow you because he wasn’t the scorer Jordan was. Barkley started J-ing people up and shooting threes, forcing opponents to guard from all over the court and not just on the block. There’s a reason why the NBA Finals MVP is named after him. All with a smile on his face and a cigar about to be lit. Michael Jordan tops our list of top NBA players of all time. He is, without a doubt, the greatest shooter in the history of the game. Being in the conversation as the best player of all time means being part of an exclusive club -- no disrespect to those who just missed out on the top 10. This list should answer who is the top 100, top 10, and best NBA player ever. —AC, The rare legend that bounced around the NBA during his days in the league, know that Malone playing for seven different franchises in the Association shouldn’t distract from the fact he is easily one of the best centers of all time. Erving’s career numbers are just as impressive as his plays. Even with all those accomplishments people try to tear him down with advanced statistics like usage rate and efficiency. With five championships, three MVPs, nine-time All-NBA First Team selections, Magic had one of the best careers in NBA history. That's flat out impressive. The Mound Round of Rebound was a beast on the boards, averaging 11.7 for his career even with his “down” years in Houston. Shouldn’t that tell you something? From the high-flying dunks to the clutch mid-range jumpers off that patented D Wade pump fake, there was moment after moment where No. Jordan2. From dropping 41 in back-to-back games to the block in Game 7, LeBron leveled up in 2016. Not only were Robinson's numbers at an elite level, but he brought an athleticism to the center position that was rarely seen for his era. 30.1 PPG, 6.2 RPG, 5.3 APG, 2.3 SPG. These are the 10 players who have won the most NBA Rings in the history of basketball. Splitting his time between the Bucks and Lakers, Abdul-Jabbar won three MVPs with each franchise and five of his six rings in Los Angeles. How many 6' guards can you confidently put on Kevin Durant in a playoff series? Bird filled up a box score but he was never strictly a numbers guy—he was just a winner who made ridiculous passes, had a knack for seeing everything unfold seconds before anyone else on the court, and always made the key play that either sealed the deal or keyed a game-defining run. But only Westbrook has put up the seasonal averages (three times) to match Robertson’s brilliance and Russ isn’t anywhere near the offensive juggernaut Robertson was. You’re telling me somebody’s going to average more than 45.8 minutes per game like Wilt did during his 13 seasons in the NBA? 20 No. NO. And he’s not all style and flair either. He brought the NBA to life and redefined the nature of what it was like to be a professional basketballer. ", look no further. The arena on Biscayne will always reside in Wade County. Dr. J is the Godfather of the Modern NBA. With his unique skillset offensively, it was on the defensive end where KG was at his best. Compared to most of the guys on this list, though, Curry was a slow starter. For you guys, know there’s still never been a player quite like him. The numbers all show that Malone is easily a top 20 player in NBA history. The way every player gets compared to Michael Jordan nowadays, that’s how it was with West back in the 60s and 70s. —AD, Karl Malone falls into a long list of players from the 90s who were really good but ultimately overshadowed by Michael Jordan and the Chicago Bulls. NBA MVP. Point guards weren’t supposed to be 6’5” scoring machines that could get a bucket from anywhere on the court like The Big O could. That’s why even though he could barely get loose enough to play at the end of his final season, Bird was one of the most celebrated members of the legendary Dream Team. In fact, it was Magic that he molded his game after as a youngster, which led to KG being one of the most versatile big men the NBA has ever seen. But Malone’s accolades compare quite favorably. 1. Blocks and steals weren’t tallied back then, but there are researchers that claim Russell averaged anywhere between 8-12 blocks per game. —AC, Elgin Baylor never won a ring. Here are the top 10 best football (soccer) players of all time, including Maradona, Pele and Cruyff. The second chart is a progressive list of the leading all-time NBA scorers. Wilt Chamberlain is ranked higher on this list because his numbers are just too ridiculous, but he couldn’t beat Bill even with Jerry West and Elgin Baylor’s help. Maybe, just maybe LeBron James surpasses him in another four or five seasons, but it’s going take a herculean effort on The King’s part to supplant the greatest center ever whose longevity is practically unrivaled. A 19-time All-Star who 15 times finished in the top 5 of the MVP voting, we’ll spare you from listing out all his accolades because you’d be scrolling this fine piece of #content for hours. —ZF, Way more than just a sidekick to you know who, Scottie Pippen’s greatness is sadly taken for granted by many, including those who saw it with their own two eyes along with the ones basing their assessments solely on what they saw in The Last Dance. And I didn't even mention how magical he was during the 2011 NBA Finals when his Mavs upset LeBron James and the Miami Heat. That’s a league MVP award, but I don’t think we should knock him for that if that’s missing from his resume when he ultimately retires. —ZF, Dr. J was everyone’s Michael Jordan before Michael Jordan. Detroit won back-to-back championships in the middle of what many call the toughest era of NBA basketball and made Jordan scratch and claw for years before he finally got the Bulls over the hump. Jordan never took a game off, he was a maniac for better or worse. Spread the loveWho is the Greatest NBA Player of all Time? 8 No. Russell3. But it didn’t stop him from averaging 24.3 PPG and 10.0 RPG for his 13 seasons. It's wild that it's even a debate. We all know what he's done and will continue to do for at least a few more years. And, oh yeah, let’s not forget he was a member of the greatest team ever assembled: the 1992 Dream Team. 23 No. Despite going to nine NBA Finals with the Lakers, West won only one title in 1972. He’s top 10 all-time in rebounds, blocks, win shares, and defensive win shares. A no-brainer Naismith Hall of Famer inductee in 1977, the only thing missing from his sterling resume was a championship. The discourse never dies and we're here for it. Social media can be a blessing and a curse so please don’t buy into the nonsense that Bryant wasn’t as great as he was. People forget that he dominated for years as a 6’6” power forward. —ZO, When you talk about best PGs in NBA history, it would be impossible to not have Magic Johnson as No. Gallery. Obviously, Leonard's regular-season resume isn’t as strong as others on this list due to injuries and being in that Spurs system, but his playoff performances smokes a lot of people on this list as well. He was the gold standard and wholly worthy of being cast as the league’s logo, even if he not so secretly disdains the honor. Abdul-Jabbar wasn’t physically dominant the way Wilt or Shaquille O’Neal was, but his fluidity was something special for someone of his gargantuan size. If your team doesn't have a big man that can shoot from 3, you're not winning anything. Sometimes I watch his reverse layup during the fourth quarter of Game 4 of the 1980 Finals against the Lakers and try to figure out how the hell he was able to stay in the air that long. Jordan led the Bulls to six NBA championships, winning six Finals MVP awards and five regular-season MVP honors … Technically, Baylor earned one since he was part of the 1971-72 Lakers squad that won it all, but he only played 9 games that season, retiring well before the playoffs started because of a nagging knee injury at age 37. 50 Images. Once Wade burst onto the scene in 2003 it was almost immediately clear that he was a special kind of player. But we will not tolerate any talk about Stockton being unworthy of top 30 status. I would say something to him and he would stare. YoungBoy NBA’s $540K Bond Could Set Him Free. I’d love to see some of today’s greats playing against Elgin. In Robinson's case, his greatness was never flashy, but his presence and play helped propel the San Antonio Spurs dynasty, which was of course then carried on by Tim Duncan.

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